The daughter of a London sugar refiner, in 1786 she married John Dyer Collier; she was the mother of the antiquary John Payne Collier.

CORRESPONDENCE OF Jane Collier [née Payne]:

Mary Lamb to Jane Payne Collier, [Autumn 1812] in The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb. Letters (London: Methuen and Co., 1905)

Charles Lamb to Jane and John Dyer Collier, [6 January 1823] in The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb. Letters (London: Methuen and Co., 1905)

Charles Lamb to Jane Payne Collier, 2 November 1824 in The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb. Letters (London: Methuen and Co., 1905)